Slovenia Times
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:03:19 +0000Police stepping up strike with work-to-rule
Ljubljana – One of Slovenia’s two police trade unions, whose members have been on strike since 11 January, has announced it is stepping up the action with a three hour work-to-rule at various locations across the country on Friday. “...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:02:15 +0000Police force gets new job classification
Ljubljana – The police has a new classification of jobs, which its leadership says adjusts the organisation of work to new security challenges, while a trade union criticises it for bringing more paperwork and introducing more managerial or wel...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:00:17 +0000Opposition files motion to oust labour minister
Ljubljana – Four opposition parties have filed a motion to oust Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Minister Janez Cigler Kralj over his work during the epidemic and the ministry’s decision to grant funds to an NGO with...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:57:12 +0000Study shows Slovenia losing billions of euros in wood industry
Ljubljana – Slovenia has lost almost EUR 10 billion as it neglected its wood industry in recent decades, shows a study which will serve as a basis for a wood industry strategy for 2021-2027. While four cubic metres of wood per resident grow in ...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:55:55 +0000Slovenian, Croatian FMs discuss economic zones in Adriatic Sea
Zagreb – The foreign ministers of Slovenia and Croatia, Anže Logar and Gordan Grlić Radman, assessed after their talks in Zagreb on Friday that they had managed to raise the Slovenian-Croatian relations to a higher level in the past ten month...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:54:26 +0000Roglič to go for Tour victory, to skip Vuelta
Amsterdam – Primož Roglič, the Slovenian rider topping the UCI world individual ranking, will make a renewed bid at winning the world’s No. 1 race, Tour de France, after being pipped to the top spot by his compatriot Tadej Pogačar last...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:52:13 +0000Revoz to relaunch production next Wednesday
Novo Mesto – The production at Renault-owned assembly plant Revoz, which was suspended this week as a supplier of insulation components had to stop deliveries due to a massive fire, will be relaunched next Wednesday. Components will be delivere...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:50:27 +0000Vasle says eurozone financial markets remain stable
Ljubljana – The situation on eurozone financial markets remains stable despite the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly thanks to the support of the monetary policy and optimism related to vaccination, Banka Slovenije Gover...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:48:34 +0000Travel quarantine exceptions list expanded
Ljubljana – Starting on Friday citizens of Slovenia and other EU and Schengen countries are able to enter the country without quarantining if they had left the country to perform maintenance work on private property in another EU or Schengen co...
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:56:34 +0000Inspectors find non-compliance with vaccination strategy at six institutions
Ljubljana – A report by the health inspectorate about compliance with the national vaccination strategy shows that the national strategy was not fully complied with in the vaccination of 297 persons at six health institutions. The Oncology Inst...